Archives for September 2009

September 28, 2009

Kahel Linux

Introducing Kahel Linux, another Philippine-based distro, the third one of its kind, behind AMA and Bayanihan. Kahel means orange in the local language as evident in the orange shirt in the distro’s mascot. Kahel is based on Arch Linux which is part of the Debian family of distros. Kahel runs in Gnome and powered by the Linux 2.6.30 kernel. The distro supports NILFS2 and BTRFS by default. It also utilizes the Pacman and Package Kit. Visit Kahel’s website.

September 26, 2009

Rugged Laptops Running Linux

If you want rugged laptops, Emperor Linux has several rugged laptops available. The models Scarab, Ant, Wasp and Tarantula are built to vibration, drop and moisture resistant specifications. They also come with shock-mounted hard drives. The laptops are designed to survive drops from a table. The only minor thing is, they are not cheap! Rugged laptops.

September 25, 2009

Dell Mini 10v Moblin OS

Dell’s first Moblin OS based netbook is the Mini 10v which sells for $299. It’s based on Moblin 2.0 interface and Ubuntu 9.04 running in the background. It has been coined as Ubuntu Moblin Remix or UMR. It runs on an 1.6GHz Atom N70 processor with 1GB RAM and 160GB hard drive. Check Dell’s website.